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Hebrews 10:21

and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Types;   Thompson Chain Reference - Church;   High Priest, Christ as;   Names;   Priesthood;   Priesthood of Christ;   Titles and Names;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Access to God;   Titles and Names of the Church;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Law;   Testament;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Day of atonement;   Prayer;   Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Building;   Death of Christ;   Holy, Holiness;   Sanctification;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Atonement;   Covenant;   Peace;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Church;   High Priest;   Priest;   Sacrifice;   Veil of the Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Access;   Hebrews;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ascension;   Church;   Eucharist;   Hebrews, Epistle to;   Prayer;   Priest;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Access ;   Ascension;   Blood;   Day of Atonement ;   Family;   Greatness;   Hebrews Epistle to the;   Propitiation (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Christ;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Temple;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ascension;   Assurance;   House of God;   Intercession of Christ;   Omnipresence;   Prayer;   Priest;   Priest, High;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for September 5;   Every Day Light - Devotion for November 5;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and since we have a great high priest over the house of God,
King James Version (1611)
And hauing an high Priest ouer the house of God:
King James Version
And having an high priest over the house of God;
English Standard Version
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
New American Standard Bible
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
New Century Version
And since we have a great priest over God's house,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
Legacy Standard Bible
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
Berean Standard Bible
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
Contemporary English Version
We have a great high priest who is in charge of God's house.
Complete Jewish Bible
We also have a great cohen over God's household.
Darby Translation
and [having] a great priest over the house of God,
Easy-to-Read Version
And we have a great priest who rules the house of God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And seeing we haue an hie Priest, which is ouer the house of God,
George Lamsa Translation
And having a great high priest over the house of God:
Good News Translation
We have a great priest in charge of the house of God.
Lexham English Bible
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
Literal Translation
and having a Great Priest over the house of God,
Amplified Bible
and since we have a great and wonderful Priest [Who rules] over the house of God,
American Standard Version
and having a great priest over the house of God;
Bible in Basic English
And having a great priest over the house of God,
Hebrew Names Version
and having a great Kohen over the house of God;
International Standard Version
and since we have a great high priest over the household of God,1 Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 4:14;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
and we have the High Priest over the house of God.
Murdock Translation
And we have a high priest over the house of God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And [seyng we haue] an hye priest ouer the house of God:
English Revised Version
and having a great priest over the house of God;
World English Bible
and having a great priest over the house of God;
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
that is, his flesh, And having an high-priest over the house of God;
Weymouth's New Testament
and since we have a great Priest who has authority over the house of God,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
his fleisch, and we hauynge the greet preest on the hous of God,
Update Bible Version
and [having] a great priest over the house of God;
Webster's Bible Translation
And [having] a high priest over the house of God;
New King James Version
and having a High Priest over the house of God,
New Living Translation
And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God's house,
New Life Bible
We have a great Religious Leader over the house of God.
New Revised Standard
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And having a great priest over the house of God,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And a high priest over the house of God:
Revised Standard Version
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And seynge also that we have an hye prest which is ruler over ye housse of god
Young's Literal Translation
and a high priest over the house of God,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and seynge also that we haue an hye prest ouer the house of God,
Mace New Testament (1729)
and having an high priest, who is established over the house of God,
Simplified Cowboy Version
Since Jesus runs God's house now,

Contextual Overview

19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water. 23 And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy. 24 And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works, 25 not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day drawing near. 26 For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us, 27 but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God's enemies. 28 Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

an: Hebrews 2:17, Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 4:14-16, Hebrews 6:20, Hebrews 7:26, Hebrews 8:1

the house: Hebrews 3:3-6, Matthew 16:18, 1 Corinthians 3:9-17, 2 Corinthians 6:16, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Ephesians 2:19-22, 1 Timothy 3:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 28:17 - the house Exodus 24:2 - General Exodus 26:31 - a veil of Deuteronomy 26:3 - the priest Psalms 51:2 - Wash Ezekiel 36:37 - I will yet Hebrews 6:19 - entereth Hebrews 8:2 - minister Revelation 9:13 - a voice

Cross-References

Genesis 10:10
The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 10:26
Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
Numbers 24:24
Ships will come from the coast of Kittim, and will afflict Asshur, and will afflict Eber, and he will also perish forever."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And [having an] high priest over the house of God. The church of God, over which Christ is as prophet, priest, and King, and as the Son and owner of it; :-;

:-. In the Greek text it is, "a great priest"; so the Messiah is called by the Targum on Zechariah 6:12 כהן רב, "a great priest", as he is; even a great high priest, as in Hebrews 4:14, and greater than Aaron, and any of his sons.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And having an High Priest over the house of God - Over the spiritual house of God; that is, the church; compare the notes on Hebrews 3:1-6. Under the Jewish dispensation there was a great high priest, and the same is true under the Christian dispensation. This the apostle had shown at length in the previous part of the Epistle. The idea here is, that as under the former dispensation it was regarded as a privilege that the people of God might have access to the mercy-seat by means of the high priest; so it is true in a much higher sense that we may now have access to God through our greater and more glorious High Priest.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 21. A high priest over the house of God — The house or family of God is the Christian Church, or all true believers in the Lord Jesus. Over this Church, house, or family, Christ is the High Priest-in their behalf he offers his own blood, and their prayers and praises; and as the high priest had the ordering of all things that appertained to the house and worship of God, so has Christ in the government of his Church. This government he never gave into other hands. As none can govern and preserve the world but God, so none can govern and save the Church but the Lord Jesus: He is over the house; He is its President; he instructs, protects, guides, feeds, defends, and saves the flock. Those who have such a President may well have confidence; for with him is the fountain of life, and he has all power in the heavens and in the earth.


 
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